Firefox add ons issue?

Question

Mkay. so il get to the point;

I use the original firefox (firefox1) as far as i know.

Its up to date.

I can install skins for it and they work perfectly when i restart firefox.

But recently my addons themselvs wont show up?

The only one that shows up it my google search bar.

But everything else like my stumble, Tek tek toolbar, or anything else wont work.

It simply doesnt show up.

i tried going to the original firefox skin to see if the skin i was useing was the issue. which its not.

Oh and also; it says they will be installed when firefox is restarted (and it always says that) in my addons menu

When i want to uninstall some of my stuff, for some strange reason, it keeps saying "It will be uninstalled when firefox is restarted" annnd i restart it and then it shows the same addons i was trying to uninstall, going "these add ons will be REinstalled when firefox is retarted"

P.S The reason i wont use firefox 2-3 is becuse i herd some of them have issues with things.

Answer 1

install 3.0.1 then install nightly tester tools extension [ add on ]. this gives you the "force compatibility" that you'll need to install uninstallable add ons.

Answer 2

I have had no trouble with later versions and I have it installed on hundreds of machines. You will probably need the later versions, as current add-ons do not run on 1.

Answer 3

Uninstall Firefox 1 (man that is really old!!!) and reinstall firefox 3.. There are almost no issues with it. FF3 is definitely less buggy than previous releases and I've used most of them. If you don't like it you can always uninstall and downgrade to a previous version (see the mozilla ftp link below for previous versions)

What do you have to lose?